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Ethics Zing!s

Tallahassee Democrat
Published 9:29 a.m. ET June 15, 2018

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There "prominently" displayed at the bottom of section B is an article indicating that Antarctica ice sheet melting rate proceeded at 3 times the expected rate last year; front page, some city worker got free football tickets.

Why can't we use the tax payers' money that is given to private individuals by the CRA and fund the Children's Council ? Then we wouldn't have to raise property taxes.

Would anyone out there ever pay cash to rent hotel room or villa? $1,400 a night? The question is why.

City employee in 2008 buys his own stuff with City money. Gillum does same thing. One lost his job. Guess which one.

There's an old saying-" it is better to own a politician than to be one". Think that might be true in our city government??

The US must stop sending money and support to the terrorist state of israel.

AG Sessions: If a person knows how to do what is right and does not do it, it's a sin. James 4:17

15 of the 20 ethical violations filed against former City Manager Rick Fernandez are regarding football tickets, and you'd think in this Noles-crazy town he'd get some sympathy.

Lawdy, ethics violations at City Hall pail to the ones across the street in the Governor, Cabinet & Legislature. Football tics, really?

Did anybody notice that Mike Miller was 6 over after the first round of the US Open?

The President said he believes that Crimea belongs to Russia because they speak Russian, so I guess we belong to England, or Australia, or parts of Canada.

I bet that when Trump has his summit with Putin, he won't salute a Russian General, but he will "bend the knee' to Vladimir.

I'll bet Hilary wished she would've used the U S Mail.

If Trump found a cure for cancer, the wacko liberals would criticize him for overpopulation.

I hope Comey is prosecuted and spends the rest of his life in prison. Some people think they are above the law.

Hey IMF! Who cares about massive debt in the future as long as we can fool people into voting for us now?

Here's an idea. Let's make all illegals American citizens and let them immediately be eligible for Social Security and Medicaid. Results: Social Security and Medicaid will be bankrupt by 2020.

Hey, look over there! A couple of FBI agents groused about Trump in emails! Lock somebody up (as long as it's not Donald)!

Thank you Mr. Jackson for continuing to enrich the the poor lawyers here in Tallahassee !

Like we needed a study to show that IQ scored are sinking. Trump's ascendency already made that clear.

Obama found out about Clinton's email server through "news reports". Cue "YOU LIE" right here.

USA. Un-tied States of America.

Cheering against President Trump from succeeding is cheering against our Country. Are you that sick minded with hate?

Elon Musk. An attempt at emortality on the backs of work-a-day people.

The more I hear from people like "actor" DeZero, the more I like President Trump. Check the accomplishments not the tweets.

So, you think Tallahassee's web is tangled? Wait till you see the beautiful weave by Obama and Clinton.

Josef, Maria, and Jesus at the border. Take the child. Build a wall. So it goes.

How dare ICE to treat illegal aliens like criminals! The nerve of enforcing laws on the books! Ain't nobody "ripping" babies from their parents people.

Rick Scott has Bill Nelson's support on his judicial appointment. Can his vote in November be coming?

I oppose the killing of spicy doctors to make Dr. Pepper.

There should be better guidelines for how CRA funds are used. If it doesn't benefit the community as a whole, then no funds.

First of all: I didn't know that Tallahassee had such diverse businesses. Second of all: Congrats to the Tally Demo winners!

The new Trump Campaign theme song, "Cult Of Personality". It's like Living Color wrote it with Donald in mind.

Closed WalMarts are now being used as Internment Camps. Urban redevelopment at its worst!

The devil's greatest trick was not convincing people he didn't exist, it was convincing Evangelicals to support Trump.

Thank you, @TDOnline and Jim Henry. Great article on hometown baseball star Blake Reese and the Gators in the College World Series.

It may be the Sword!

Yet another report that shows another Republican conspiracy theory is not true. What windmill will they tilt at next?

Listening to this Administration's use of the Bible to justify ripping children from their parents' arms reminds me that even the devil knows God's Word. Have these people no shame?

After reading the FBI report on the Clinton emails, Comey may become Trump's new homey.

City and county government employees now muster at the Buck Lake McDonalds every morning at 8:45 - count the vehicles.

How do i start my own non-profit charity that I don't contribute to, to pay my legal fines and buy cool stuff to put on my walls. Oh, you have to be rich with no moral compass. Damn

The conspiracy theorists are doing great harm to our society--don't listen to them. Their purpose is to deflect, distract, and confuse so we don't see the real conspiracies.

Now we see Trump saluting a North Korean general--crickets from the righties' side.

The extreme greed and shortsightedness of most capitalists today has made capitalism a bad word.

"oh, for the past when the United States negotiator was the smartest person at the table." You must be remembering Thomas Jefferson certainly not anyone in the past thirty years could fill that role-until recently.

Jeff Sessions uses the Bible to justify separting children from their families? I can think of no greater cruel and unusual punishment on Earth. Is this what Christian America has become? This is shameful and neither Christian or American!

What Bible does Jeff Sessions read?

Would i be prosecuted if I set up a charitable foundation to avoid taxes and use the funds for personal expenses, such as attorney fees and a self portrait to hang at my country club, as Trump did with his family foundation?

Sure wish evangelical pastors had the courage of Esther!!

You can't beat a personal charity slush fund--all tax free, dude!

No matter what Trump says or does, I am behind him. A true leader who will lead us to the promised land has emerged.

Whatever happened to those SPIES embedded in the Trump campaign? The smell of BOGUS Trump claims is overwhelming.

OMG the 2016 election was rigged--in Trump's favor!

Since the Bible supports separating immigrant children from mothers, how about stoning? It's a true deterrent, and Bible supported.

Anyone who calls him/herself a Christian who supports trump separating children from parents and putting them in detention centers has no moral ground to stand on and is not a true Christian.

Drove through Leavenworth, KS, this summer. It is the home of a statute recognizing the role the Buffalo Soldiers played in the destruction of the Native Americans. Shouldn't we take that statute down? It represents the terrible oppression of a proud people defending their homeland.

Fighting with our allies; embracing our enemies. How great is that?

Demo night at Pavillion: everything from snakes to snacks; pups to pints!

It has been almost a week now and North Korea still hasn't removed all their nuclear weapons. i guess the mainstream media and the democrats are right, the meeting was a failure. Woe is us.

President Trump should have taken some red markers and drawn lines in the sand when he met with Kim Jong Un. The mainstream media and the democrats love and support such shows of strength.

Now, can we get Hillary in front of a grand jury?

I have no problem retaining statues of Confederate generals, if a plaque is included stating that these men were traitors to the United States, many violating oaths they'd taken, to support a regime that would continue legalization of chattel slavery.

I love Sharon Rigsby's recipes, she's the only woman I would leave my wife for!

Apparently the view of the American people does not matter to FBI director Ray

Tallahassee Democrat article, 6/13/18, USA Today: "Scientists find ancient dust that formed Earth". I know when God read this He chuckled to Himself and said, "Oh foolish, foolish people. I made man out of dust, not the earth".

DOJ Reort - Swamp covering for the Swamp. - Swampneeds to be drained

If Confederates were traitors, then we need to apologize, pay reparations, and return the original colonies to England.

Laws won't stop gun violence people only obey the laws they want to obey now.

I was going to vote Democrat for Governor until they all came out liberalizing the stance on marijuana now I'm voting Republican

Will RIgers once said "that it's easy to be an American humorist with the entire Gub'ment working overtime to supply material. With Trump Admin it's coming from a firehose.

I see that many dictatorship are currying favor with Trump by increasing their human rights abuses.

It's wonderful that the NRA will give Adam Putnam an assault rifle and advance notice of an upcoming massacre of innocents!

Anyone notice that Trump was holding hands with Kim in most photos? Is there something going on here?

I've forgotten. Was there ever a time when the sun shined the whole day in Tallahassee?

As a conservative Democrat I have voted for Republicans when they had higher moral standards than the Democratic candidate. Thanks to Trump those days are gone.

How far we've fallen. I truly weep for my country.

The supreme leader of North Korea has found a great way to have a positive relationship with the press. Maybe Trump can get some suggestions on how to improve his relationship.

Add a tax to property for every issue. How about a .25 cent sales tax to sodas for children's issues?

Why would a local Tallahassee newspaper report on a UF sports team? Go read the Gainesville Lizard.

Do any of the movers and shakers in the skyboxes ever actually watch the football games?

No one who purchases a skybox to entertain clients has 'extra' tickets. All the tickets serve a purpose. What does giving them to a teacher or veteran do?

Every campaign, yard sale, open house sign posted in the Right of Way should result in a fine. They block driving sight-lines.

If local leaders want to finally do something productive for Tallahassee, they should ban campaign signs. They make our city look ugly and many are in the RoW blocking the view of drivers.

For the Trump family, charity begins at home.

After seeing the Republican legislators in Washington cower in fear to the President, I guess we need to change our thoughts on 3 independent branches of government.

Saw the President saluting a N Korean Army officer. He can tell their uniforms from ours, can't he?

I'm sure the parents of Otto Warmbier find solace in knowing that he was killed by funny, smart man that loves his people(while he starves them and murders family members).

Trump tweeted that "the nuclear threat from North Korea is over;" but that's not a tweet, that's a shriek!

Trump and Kim may have gone to the same theater but apparently watched different movies.

World Cup day 1! U.S. soccer excitement & planned growth. World Cup ends. U.S. soccer reverts back to third tier sport. Repeat every 4 years.

In Trumpland, a 1-2 page document with a few "bulletpoints" is a "comprehensive agreement," so what does that make a presidential tweet?

I've disagreed with their policies, but never considered Republicans my "enemies," Trumpism is an entirely different story.

The majority of Tallahassee's population is Government workers, students, and mostly Democrats. Liberals all and one.

Why are so many educated Americans refusing to watch the news stations?

Have you noticed that the news media no longer has a neutral political bias?

The New York AG has filed charges against the Trump Foundation for illegalities in the use of charitable funds. How long will it take for Robert Jeffress, Jerry Falwell, Jr., Franklin Graham, Tony Perkins or other evangelicals to defend President Trump based on the fact the voters knew he was a crook when they voted for him?

FBI, if it ain't nothing more than skybox tickets, quit wasting our money!

For the most part, the people that will have to pay for this "Children's Services" thingy, are not the people that will get benefit from it.

Iceland has less than twice the population of Tallahassee--and are in the World Cup...

Any president who provides his own counsel, has a fool for a client.

There's no a fool like an old fool, and Trump is our old fool. When our troops leave South Korea the Rocket Man will move in.

What happen to accountability, when will people be held accountable for their actions, including parenting. People think before you act. What is the end results.

Final score: Kim jong un: world leader status, cancel War Games, promise of help to rebuild NK. Trump: flattering photo ops and a cool "new friend."

Fernandez should have to repay the City of Tallahassee for the salary he did not earn.

Why I don't go to restaurants downtown? Parking. I'm unable to walk long distances and the only available parking is blocks away.

I love reading zings that contain old song lyrics. Especially since most people wouldn't remember the song.

A publically-owned utility must be run with the ethics of a private company! What a crock!